The Silver Tip Mine is a lead and silver mine located in Jefferson county, Montana.
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Mine Info
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Silver Tip Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Tip Mine
Secondary: Reddings Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Montana
County: Jefferson
District: Alahambra (Golconda) District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Hilda M. Redding
Home Office: Helena, Mt.
Owner Name: Montana Silver Tip Mines
Home Office: Helena, Mt.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1870
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Elkhorn Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: STRINGERS VEINLETS, IRREGULAR BODIES IN SHEETED ZONE
Structure
Type: R
Description: Boulder Batholith
Type: L
Description: Sheeted Zone Trends North, Dips Ssw
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitized, Oxidized, Leached
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ROUND FIGURES ASSAY OF PRODUCTION 17% PB, 2% ZN, $4/TON AU, 70 OZ/TON AG. SOME ORE FROM CERUSITE AND GALENA 500 OZ/TON AG
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Ore: Anglesite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Workings): IRREGULAR TUNNELS, 3 ADITS
Comment (Location): N SIDE OF PRICKLY PEAR CREEK
Comment (Production): $10000 ORE PRODUCED UP TO 1928, BETWEEN 1925 & 1953 ONLY 6 PRODUCTION YRS.
References
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL. 16, P. 67.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 842, P. 240-41.
Reference (Production): MBMG BULL 16, P. 67.
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 428, P. 82, PL. 1.
Principal Gold Districts of Montana
In Montana, 54 mining districts have each have produced more than 10,000 ounces of gold. The largest producers are Butte, Helena, Marysville, and Virginia City, each having produced more than one million ounces. Twenty seven other districts are each credited with between 100,000 and one million ounces of gold production. Read more: Principal Gold Districts of Montana.
